Shares in Jet2.com parent Dart Group leapt more than eight per cent after the firm said it expects it full-year results to beat market expectations.

Shares in Jet2.com parent Dart Group leapt more than eight per cent after the firm said it expects it full-year results to beat market expectations.

Dart Group said in a trading update that Jet2.com had a strong summer as the poor UK weather led to an exodus of Britons to sun-soaked destinations.

The carrier flew 3.6m passengers in the six months to the end of September, a rise of 14 per cent over the same period last year.

The group's Jet2holidays operation flew 312,000 passengers in the first half, a rise of 97 per cent, as the business improved its product range and developed its online and high street distribution channels.

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